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Carson City voters soundly rejected a proposed quarter cent sales tax to support a downtown library and elected two new faces to the Board of Supervisors.
In a razor-thin decision of just 25 votes, Carson City cast its decision and picked Jim Shirk over incumbent Molly Walt for the Ward 4 seat. Shirk pulled in 10,335 votes, getting 50.06 percent of the vote to Walt's 10,310 votes or 49.94 percent of the vote.

Final: 9pm update: Election night coverage for Carson City; 100 pecent of precincts reporting including early voting and absentee for Carson City races:

Carson City Board of Supervisor Ward 2
Brad Bonkowski 10781 votes; 53.90
Dennis Johnson 9221votes 46.10

Carson City Board of Supervisor Ward 4
Jim Shirk 10,335 votes; 50.06
Molly Walt 10,310 votes; 49.94

Carson City Question 1
Yes 7,3274 votes; 31.77
No 15,622 votes; 68.23

Carson City School Board District 2
Laurel Crossman 12,317 votes; 65.89
Donnie Moellendorf 6,377 votes; 34.11

School District 7
Joe Cacioppo 10,610 votes; 55.17
Alice Mueller 8,622 votes; 44.83

Justice of the Peace Department 1
Tom Armstrong 13,873 votes; 69.65
Michael Bell 6,045 votes; 30.35

Assembly District 40
Pete Livermore (R) 12,773 votes; 57.16
Rich Dunn (D) 9,574 votes; 42.84
See full list below.

Bring your confidential documents and have them professionally shredded on-site at Marilyn Lewis State Farm Parking Lot, 321 West Winnie Ln (corner of Winnie & Division) in Carson City. Local companies are also encouraged to participate. Suggested donation of $5 per file-storage box, max of 30 box's per person. 100 percent of the money collected will go directly to Nevada's Special Olympics.

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Visitors to the annual Carson High School Holiday Crafts Fair will also have a chance to look through the school’s yearbooks which date to the 1920s and high school newspapers dating back to 1950.
In addition to viewing these unique historical archives, visitors may buy yearbooks from past years in this “Garage Sale” fundraiser. All money raised will benefit the school’s publication class which prints the Carneta yearbook and maintains the online Senator News newspaper.

Weeks away, the 2012 Polar Express train is on the fast track Carson City countdown, with 80 percent of the coach class and nearly 99 percent of the VIP Parlor Car tickets sold. This time last year, 39 percent of tickets had been purchased.

With around 63 percent of Carson City's 26,000 voters taking care of business prior to today's General Election by showing up to the courthouse for early voting or casting their ballots by mail, voter turnout Tuesday has been a steady and even flow, election officials have observed.

There was an expected rush early when the polls opened, with 1,300 voters making it to the Carson City Community Center before 10 a.m., said Carson City Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover. Otherwise turnout has been as expected: No long waits. No crowding.

A 29-year-old man died and a 24-year-old woman was injured in a head-on vehicle crash early Monday in Fallon, the Nevada Highway Patrol reports.
NHP troopers were dispatched to State Route 116 at Churchill County Mile Marker 3 near Mesquite road in Fallon at 12:13 a.m. Preliminary investigation indicates that a Black 2007 Volkswagen Jetta was traveling westbound on SR116 for an unknown reason the Jetta crossed the centerline and entering the eastbound travel lane striking a 1997 Tan Chevrolet Suburban head on.

5:30PM- 8:30PM, Wednesday, Novemeber 14,2012 at Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino, 2171 Hwy 50 East, Carson City. The social hour is at 5:30PM, followed by a buffet dinner at 6:30PM. We will be celebrating Veteran's Day and honoring Veteran's from all Services. Also, we will honor Pearl Harbor Survivors. Speaker for the evening will be Rear Admidral Mark Vance, Commander, Naval Stride and Air Warfare Center (Top Gun).

Glenda Darlene Burr, 74 of Dayton, passed away on November 2, 2012. Autumn Funerals & Cremations is entrusted with the arrangements. 775-888-6800Copyright 2012 -. All rights reserved. This materia...

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for their assistance in identifying two subjects who were noticed looking into vehicles, early morning on Sunday, Nov. 4. These subjects may be connected to other burglaries occurring in Carson City.

The first 10 seconds of the video clearly shows two subjects, one easily identified as a white male with glasses and short hair wearing a white or light-colored hooded sweatshirt and jeans. Use the scroll button (the circle below the frame of the video) to play and repeat. Viewers can also hit the pause button at the 4 and 5 second mark.

Santa Claus will make an express run on the Nevada State Railroad Museum’s steam train pulled by V&T Railway locomotive No. 25 on two December weekends. The museum’s Santa Train departs Carson City’s Wabuska Depot at the corner of Fairview Drive and U.S. 395 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2 and again on Dec. 15 and 16.

Trains run continuously throughout the day, sun, rain or snow. Each Santa Train trip leaves the depot as soon as Santa and passengers have boarded. Tickets are $3 per seat and available at the depot.

CARSON CITY – The precincts have been walked, the issues debated and the media campaigns run. Now many Nevada voters will get to weigh in on five critical races to determine whether Republicans or Democrats will control the state Senate after the polls close tomorrow.

The 21-member Senate currently has an 11-10 Democratic edge.

Gov. Brian Sandoval and many of his Republican colleagues are working to change this by winning at least four of five of the races in play between the two parties on Election Day tomorrow.

A year-old child reportedly fell out of a two-story apartment complex in the 1200 block of Carson Meadows and Como Street in Carson City Monday afternoon. The baby will be taken by Care Flight, which was ordered by Carson City Fire Department and paramedics at the scene. The emergency call came shortly after 2 p.m.
Care Flight was to reportedly land near the Boys and Girls Club and will take the child to Renown Medical Center in Reno.
No other details have been made available.

Carson Nugget Ballroom (2nd Floor)

Get an early start on your Holiday shopping!

Handmade and craft gifts

Toys, Jewelry, Clothes and more

Great Food by the Carson Nugget

Live music all weekend long!

Benefits C.A.S.A.

FREE Admission – Everyone Welcome!

Info: www.EventsNevada.com/Nugget.html or 887-1294

With widespread use of social media among adults and children, there's been an uptick in the amount of cyber-bullying cases brought to Carson City area school officials and law enforcement. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto will discuss this and other internet safety concerns on Saturday, Nov. 10 beginning at 2:30 p.m. The presentation, geared for parents, students and educators, will touch on cyber-predators, sexting and cyber-bullying.

A vehicle rollover accident was reported in Carson City on Sunday night in which three were ejected and sustained traumatic injuries. The accident was reported at 9:28 p.m. in the Combs Canyon area near Lakeview and Ormsby. Three Care Flight helicopters were dispatched and landed at Western Nevada College.

The St. Peter's Episcopal Church Holiday Bazaar features Food Room filled with homemade treats and gifts; Grandma’s Treasures of linens, tableware, collectibles; handmade Christmas ornaments and decor; original paintings and quality prints displayed in the historic church sanctuary; inspirational gifts; handmade apparel; handmade gifts for the home; gently used jewelry, all presented in a warm, festive environment. St. Peter's Episcopal Church; Corner Division & Telegraph Streets.

Bring your confidential documents and have them professionally shredded on-site at Marilyn Lewis State Farm Parking Lot, 321 West Winnie Ln (corner of Winnie & Division) in Carson City. Local companies are also encouraged to participate. Suggested donation of $5 per file-storage box, max of 30 box's per person. 100 percent of the money collected will go directly to Nevada's Special Olympics. Call (775) 882-4875.

Head to the Washoe Stewart Community Building, on Saturday Nov. 10 and Sunday, Nov. 11 for the 7th annual Holiday Faire. Arts, and craft vendors will display their works for sale.
The Washoe Stewart Community Building is located at 465 Clear Creek Road, Carson City. Saturday's event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday's event runs from 10 a.m. to 2p.m.
Call: 775-313-4871

The Carson City Democratic Women's Club monthly meeting will be at noon Saturday November 10th at Grandma Hattie's Restaurant 2811 S Carson St.

Those wishing to order lunch should arrive between 11:15 and 11:30 AM.

There is no featured speaker but members will be discussing the outcome of the election and what this portends for future action. Memories of recently deceased member Karen Priest will be noted. Plans for the holidays will be made along with how the Club can be helping with local community programs.

All Democrats are welcome.

The highly anticipated annual Dungeness crab sport fishery opened statewide Nov. 3.
Every year at this time, recreational crab fishing enthusiasts set out in pursuit of these tasty crustaceans. Some set hoop nets and crab traps from boats and piers while others fish crab loop traps on the end of a fishing rod. Still others will dive in to take the crabs by hand.

A citizen tip about deer poaching turned into a multi-agency operation resulting in the seizure of poached wildlife, drugs and stolen guns and cars.
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) operation, which included assistance from U.S. Forest Service officers, California Highway Patrol officers and Lassen County sheriff’s deputies, resulted in four arrests.
The operation began Oct. 21 when DFG wardens received confidential information from a citizen and responded to the home of Charles Roger Godkin, 44, of Chilcoot, to investigate suspected deer poaching.

Here is the latest Carson City Supervisor candidate contribution report from the Nevada Secretary of State's office. The report was issued Nov. 2 and it contains contributions from Oct. 13 to Nov. 1.
A total of four candidate reports have been issued and their full donor histories through the election can be found here.

The murder trial of Morris Rockwood Preston and Joseph William Smith was among the most controversial events in early 20th century Nevada and made national news. The courtroom drama pitted labor union radicals against the Goldfield corporate establishment led by powerful mine owner George Wingfield. Preston would be nominated for president of the United States in 1908 while incarcerated in the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.

Here is the Carson City area road construction and maintenance report for the week of Nov. 5-11. There will be shoulder work along Roop Street between Winnie Lane and Northridge Drive and on Northridge Drive near the intersection with Roop Street. No delays are expected.

Curry Street will be closed between 6th Street and 7th Street due to construction activity. Detours will be signed.

There will be shoulder work on California Street near Overland Street due to utility relocation related to the next phase of the Carson City Freeway. No delays are expected.

The one thing voters on both sides of the partisan divide can happily agree on is that it's over Tuesday.
More than half the electorate has already gone to the polls, voting early — including 60 percent of those registered in Carson City. But the constant calls late into the evening from both sides, the endless negative ads on TV and the daily onslaught of mailers has a large part of the electorate along with many candidates — fed up and ready to have it all over with.

Mary E. Lubinko, 86, passed away Nov. 1, 2012 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial. 775-882-1766Copyright 2012 -. All rights reserved. This mater...

Theodora (Tedie) A. Lee (Bednarek) passed from this life on Oct. 26, 2012 with her family at her side at Carson Tahoe Medical Center from complications due to a long fight with cancer. Born in ...

Leta O. Pollard, 86, of Moundhouse, Nev. entered heavens gates on Nov. 2, 2012. Leta was born Oct. 31, 1926 in Paris, Ky. and moved to this area in 2009 from Fort Meyers, Fla. She enjoyed the warm...

I want to thank the universe, and Walmart employees and shoppers, for some very special angels here on earth: Shantell Davis, Tyler Davies, two Walmart cart employees and the car-woman.

An anonymous tip about a vehicle used in drug transactions and phone text messages about drug sales led to the arrest of three Carson City residents for possession with the intent to sell.
The arrests were made near the area of 700 Hot Springs Road at 1:40 a.m. Oct. 29. According to the Carson City Sheriff's Office arrest report, a deputy was parked outside an apartment building and was speaking with a Capital City patrol officer. A vehicle drove up to the apartment complex that matched the vehicle description provided by the anonymous tipster.

This Thursday night program hosts presentations by people from other countries or by those who have traveled to faraway places.
If interested in presenting a country please don't hesitate to call
Elisa at 887-2244 Ext. 1021.

An anonymous donor has pledged to match up to $25,000 of donations from the community for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada by the end of the year.
For the second year in a row, the former Carson City resident and business owner who wishes to remain anonymous has made the offer to the club.

Come to Bower's Mansion Regional Park and help out our local Washoe Valley small

A small business fair, entertainment, and family fun for all ages. Come to Bower's Mansion Regional Park and help out our local Washoe Valley small businesses and community. There will be businesses selling their merchandise, bands playing, a kid's area, food, and other activities.

Bring your leftover pumpkins to participate in our pumpkin smashing as well! All compost will be donated to local farms.

In the aftermath of the super storm that battered the Northeast, many have found themselves with no transportation. Cars were destroyed, roads were washed away, subway tunnels were flooded, and due to interrupted supply lines and power outages, many gas stations are now without fuel or simply unable to run their pumps. Long lines are forming at the stations that are open, and rationing is even being enforced in some places.

The Tahoe Transportation District will host its second public workshop to discuss the US 50, Lake Tahoe South Shore Community Revitalization project, Wednesday, November 7, at Embassy Suites from 1-3 p.m.

The Lake Tahoe workshop will provide background on the project, outline goals and solicit input from individuals throughout the community. The open house format allows for members of the community to participant in the workshop anytime between workshop hours.

What are we voting on? The only design that has some cost estimates is a grandiose wish list with artist’s renderings presented in July 2011 that has been pared down and down… down to what? Vote NO on CC #1.

Cost estimates vary from $28M to $49M (plus financing costs), depending on what’s included. Even with the tax hike, the intent is to raid NNDA, sewer, federal and private funds. Vote NO on CC #1.

The concept dated July 2011 shows a grandiose wish list for a public-private development. Where is the pared down wish list that CC #1 asks us to approve? Vote NO on CC #1.

Operation Scarecrow, a multi-jurisdiction law enforcement task force designed to keep watch on convicted sex offenders during Halloween, reports that it did not make any arrests.
Officers from the Nevada Department of Public Safety – Division of Parole and Probation made a total of 112 home contacts and 35 surveillances of supervised sex offenders in the Carson City and Northern Nevada.

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval announced today that the Clark County School District’s  $40 million Race to the Top grant application will move forward with the support of the Clark County Education Association.

Carson City's annual Silver and Snowflake Festival of Lights has become so well received over the years that the 2012 festival will now run for two days. The enhanced event is Friday, Dec. 7, from 5:30-8:00 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8, from 11:30 a.m.to 3 p.m.

The Capital City Arts Initiative's exhibition, BRIC Art 3, presents artwork by six northern Nevada artists at the City's Business Resource Innovation Center (BRIC). The exhibition features Jill Altmann's fiber art, Steve Davis' photography, Andy Gallian's prints, Mimi Patrick's ceramics, Stephen Reid's drawings and watercolors, and Gus Bundy's paintings.
The exhibition will remain at the BRIC through late August 2013. The BRIC is located at 108 E. Proctor Street, Carson City. The exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited. (775) 267-3295.

Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition by artist Blanco de San Roman at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery from September 14, 2012 through January 18, 2013. Blanco's exceptional paintings continue the centuries long Spanish tradition of monumental portrait painting. Deborah Boehm, PhD, has written the exhibition essay, "The Universality of Daily Experience". The gallery is on the second floor of the Courthouse at 885 E. Musser St., Carson City. The exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited. 775-267-3295

Stroll around beautiful downtown Carson City and enjoy wine tasting with a commemorative wine glass and hors d'oeuvres for $10. Visit the art galleries, gift shops, casinos and restaurants. Purchase your glass at the Nugget, Cactus Jacks, Horseshoe Club or Bella Fiore. Turn in your map at the Carson Nugget Casino at 5pm for prizes. The walk is from 1 - 5pm and takes place the 1st Saturday of each month.

Proscenium Players Presents: "A Christmas Chaos." This is a "Dickens" of a tale of mishaps, mistaken identities, mischief and mayhem meet. The Royal Shakespeare Company is slated to perform Dickens “A Christmas Carol” at the Brewery but get stranded in Carson City, Michigan.

A demonstration of Coin Press No. 1 at Nevada State Museum will be held on Nov. 30. Ken Hopple will show you how they struck the famous Carson City coins. This takes place in the Historic Carson City Mint building. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St. 10:30 am - noon and 1:00 - 3:00pm. For more information contact Bob Nylen at (775) 687-7410 x239 or 245.

A behind the scenes tour in natural history will be presented by George Baumardner, PhD, featuring a discussion on Plants and Animals of Nevada. For reservations call 775 687-4810 x 237. 10:00 & 1:30pm. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson Street.

What a beautiful way to welcome the Holidays. Tuned hand bells were first introduced in England in the late 17th century, as an adjunt to ringing the big bells found in church towers. Our local Methodist Church Bell Choir has been together for more than 10 yeas, and is led by Michele Powers. There is no better way to kick off our celebratory spirit. 6:30pm. Sierra Place, 1111 West College Pkwy. (775) 841-4111.

This ever popular ballet is presented by the Pinkerton Dance Group. A MUST for Thanksgiving. Carson City Community Center, 851. E. William (Hwy 50). Both performances are at 7pm. For more information call (775) 297-5007.

The Sierra Nevada Ballet will present the popular “Peanutcracker – The Story in Nut Shell” with two shows in Carson City on Dec. 1 and in Reno, Dec. 11.
Based on the Peter Tchaikovsky’s original ballet “The Nutcracker” this shorter, 45-minute version called "Peanutcracker" is a narrated story that is designed for families with younger children to introduce them to the wonderful world of ballet.

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